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Education candidate eyes fixing No Child Left Behind

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's choice for education secretary, Arne Duncan, said yesterday he wants to improve the No Child Left Behind law and lure more people into teaching.

And the nation's school children should be on notice: Duncan would like longer school days, Saturday school and summer school.

Duncan, the Chicago schools chief, got a friendly reception from Republicans and Democrats...

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